S.C.A.M.P. Plans Instant Download

S.C.A.M.P. (Small Craft Advisor Magazine Project) For printed plans click HEREOriginal Designer: John Welsford Additional Development: Kees Prins Kit Adaptations: Turn Point DesignOur own youthful dreams often featured small boats in starring roles...

Morbic 10/10.5 Sail

Classic tender with sail, clinker plywood built For Morbic 10 & 10.5 Study Plans, click HERE Morbic 10 Hull length / waterline 2.77 / 2.58 m Breadth / waterline 1.32 / 1.18 m Draugth 0.19 m Light weight hull / rigged 55 /...

Truant Plans Digital Download

Click HERE for Truant study plans. Click HERE for Full Truant Printed Plans It took 36 hours to travel from home in Rotorua to the tiny coastal town of Brooklin, Maine (USA) where WoodenBoat magazine has its amazing office. I don't sleep at all...

Rhum 12.3 Plans

This new design is based on the Mark 1 single chine version of the Rhum 11'6" general purpose dinghy. The original Rhum has been extended by 12" which gives more space for her to be fitted out as a proper camping dinghy with space for a sleeping area and...

Fisher Swampscott 12' Plans

This is the first of a new line of dinghies and dories which combine traditional looks and performance with quick and easy methods of construction. We have been able to modify the normal clinker plank shapes for this boat so that they can be stitched...

Highlander 7'6" Mk2 Plans

I have now updated one of the first Selway Fisher designs, the Highlander 7'6". The original design was drawn up in the 70's well before computers and boat design software was available - so the design started with a carved half model from which the...

12'6" Northumbrian Coble Plans

The concept of the Northumbrian 10'6" came from the need to have a sturdy and very seaworthy small working dinghy which could be rowed, sailed and motored easily and which would weigh no more than 70 lbs or so. She also had to have a striking appearance...

12/14' Hobo Plans

A client contacted me with the requirement for a self build or kit club racing dinghy for her daughter as a step up from the Mirror dinghies and which could also be built quickly and cheaply by a youngster. The HOBO 12 is the result. LOA...

Paper Jet 14 Plans

This design won an Outstanding Innovation Award at the Wooden Boat Show 2007. Click for Professional Boatbuilder article (PDf) Plywood Stitch & Glue Sailing Skiff Paper Jet rigs - Turbo, Standard and Lite   Our newest dinghy design,...

Argie 10 Plans

Argie 10 LOA - 3.1 m - 10' 2" Beam - 1.35 m - 4' 5" Sail Area - 5.25 sqm - 56.5 sf Hull Wt. - 29 kg - 64 lbs Oar Length - 2 m - 6' 6" Multi-purpose, can be rowed, motored or sailed and is light enough for one person to lift on and off the...

Giormax Plans

Lenght 3.00mDesigner: Paolo LodigianiChine hull, Stitch & Glue constructionBuilding Skills: amateurDiecipiedi Class Even if it does not show, the GIORMAX is a classical boat, in the sense that it is a reelaboration of a project of the...

Drake 11' Sharpie Plans

The DRAKE series of ply sharpies are based upon very simple construction methods. Pre-shaped side panels are bent round frames and transom. An external chine stringer is then added followed by the bottom panel. The plans show basic construction and rig...

12'3" Plover Plans

Swampscotts as a breed usually have a narrow 'tombstone' transom making them more or less double ended (semi Swampscott dorys have a wider transom) - when they end up with a true 'sharp' aft end, they become 'surf' dorys She can be constructed in stitch...

Stornoway 9 Plans

The Stornoway 9 is the first of a new class of dinghies which incorporate firm bilges and moderately full transoms needed to carry loads safely and to give good sailing qualities without dragging a large transom through the water. The plank shapes...

Morbic 12

A lovely looking classic dinghy Click HERE for a Morbic 12 Study Plan PDF Hull length / waterline 3.67 / 3.35 m   Sail area 7.6 m²   Breadth / waterline 1.55 / 1.30 m   Outboard motor 4 hp   Draught 0.17 / 0.78...

Kiwi Duck Plans PDF

It was perhaps three or four years ago I noticed a mention on the news page of Duckworks Magazine of a boat called a "Puddle Duck Racer". My initial impression was that it was a ridiculous little box, designed for people who thought that they could not...

Highlander 11' Plans

The Highlander 11' Dinghy - this is a relatively new design with a beam of 5'2" and draft of 7"/3'1". Approx. weight is 105 lbs and Sail Area is 66 sq.ft. The hull shape very much follows the original Highlander model with it's double chine, except...

Petrel 13' Catboat Plans

13’x 6’x 8‘‘(2’9’’ with board down). A miniature cat boat of traditional design given modern construction techniques. Using the stitch and tape method with pre-shaped ply hull panels weight, cost and building...

Truant Printed Plans

Click HERE for Truant study plans. Click HERE for Full Truant Plans Digital Download. It took 36 hours to travel from home in Rotorua to the tiny coastal town of Brooklin, Maine (USA) where WoodenBoat magazine has its amazing office. I don't sleep...

Thalas 13 Plans

The THALAS 13' project was inspired by Whitehall, the most classical and elegant American row boat of the XIX century, but obviously, it is a very different boat both for hull lines - which have been modified to facilitate construction - and for its...

Little Bretton Free Plans

Free plans. To download the file, click HERE The idea for this pram came to me as I sat in the shade beside the dock of a small Breton port in late summer. A small boy not much older than my six-year-old son was playing in a round-bilged little...

12' San Francisco Bay Pelican Plans PDF

A sailing dory-pram For printed plans click HERE In lieu of study plans we have this Pelican Sailboat Article Compilation SAN FRANCISCO PELICAN 12’ is a unique centerboarder, combining the lines of the famous Banks fishing dory with the...

Wildcat Free Plans

Free plans. To download the file, click HERE Respected boat designer John Welsford challenged me with this brief: 'The kids, 9 and 11 had been hounding their dad (a fairly handy guy with tools) for a boat of their own for ages. The family's 30...

Baby Baggie Plans

Designer: Paolo LodigianiStrip-Planking constructionDiecipiedi Class The premises of the BABY BAGGIE are completely different from those of the Tenfooters with a chine hull which we propose in the catalogue: with the BABY BAGGIE, cheapness and simplicity...

Rhum 11'6" Plans

This is a very simple 11’6’’x5’ ‘V’ bottomed dinghy for general purpose use. Her ‘V’ bottom and 5’ beam gives her both stability and a good turn of speed under both oars and sails. She can be built as...

Naut 350 "Pico Cruiser" Plans PDF & Cutting Files

11.5 foot simple overnight cruiser sailboat for two, designed for protected or inland waters. With this plan I tried to go towards extreme minimalism, while remaining in the formula of the classic pocket cruiser. It's the smallest size that...

7'6" Greenshank Plans

The Greenshank is a pram version of the Redshank and has a length of 7’6’’ and a beam of 4’. The pram bow gives more space forward for stowing gear or for transporting crew out to your yacht. She is an ideal fishing dinghy. Construction is...

7'6" Redshank Plans

The Redshank is a beautiful traditional English stem dinghy. Her length is 7’6’’ and she has a beam of 4’ making her a very roomy dinghy for her size. Full-size mould shapes are given so that she may be made by the purist using traditional...

S.C.A.M.P. Printed Plans

S.C.A.M.P. (Small Craft Advisor Magazine Project) For Plans Instant Download, click HEREOriginal Designer: John Welsford Additional Development: Kees Prins Kit Adaptations: Turn Point Design Our own youthful dreams often featured small boats in starring...

Inishmore 10 Plans

The Inishmore is one of a number of strip planked designs that we have enabling the builder to finish up with a beautiful round bilged craft of light weight. The Inishmore is a lovely strip planked dinghy which was initially based upon our Highlander...

Catboat Plans - Strip Plank Version

Strip Plank Catboat Line Drawing Study Plan The Catboat In the winter of 2012 a very good friend leant me an old copy of Nautical Quarterly. An article about Catboats caught my attention - I was and still am taken by their beautiful lines...

Flapdoodle Plans

Note:Tom Hruby has written an excellent addendum to these plans. Anyone building or considering building a Flapdoodle should read it. Click HERE About Flapdoodle plans: New... a high quality DIY folding sail dinghy. What's more, you can build it your...

Medway Doble 12'6" Plans

The Medway Doble was drawn up for Mr. John Lidstone who, having already built one of our Highlander dayboats, wanted a lightweight, car toppable craft of double ended shape suitable for river and estuary rowing and sailing. She has plenty of room...

Mayfly 14 Plans PDF

Mayfly14 is a straight forward flat bottomed plywood skiff for sailing and rowing. She's easy to build because her planks have no twists. That means that the chine log and wale bevels are constant for all practical purposes and can be presawn before...

Sherpa Printed Plans

For a Study Plan for Sherpa in PDF format, click HERE For a full Plan for Sherpa in the form of a Digital Download, click HERE I had an enquiry from a liveaboard couple who needed to cover the two hundred yards or so from the town jetty to their forty...

14'9" Grebe Peapod Plans

This design is a symmetrical Peapod - in other words the front and back of the hull are exactly the same which is how most Peapods were designed and built.The length is the maximum that can be obtained by butting 2 sheets of standard 8' plywood together...

Ladybug Plans PDF

Ladybug is a lot like Woobo which was one of my first designs. There was a Woobo near here for a while. I never got to sail it but was told it would really fly. (That boat was made of Lauan plywood from Home Depot which fell to pieces after rainwater...

16' Selway Fisher Melonseed Skiff Plans

The original Melonseed skiffs were gunning boats for hunting around the New Jersey area of North America. Unlike some of the other gunning skiffs and sneak boxes which were definitely inland boats, the Melonseeds were for use in more open and estuary...

YW Heron Plans

Heron class sailing dinghy was originally designed by Jack Holt and has been around now, for many years - many sailors first took to the water in a Heron and she remains a positive favourite amongst young and old alike with a very active Class...

Annabelle Skiff Plans PDF

10' x 4' - 3.04m x 1.22m 52 sq ft of sail area, utilizing a standing lug sail Maximum recommended capacity is 400lbs/182kg For printed plans for Annabelle, click HERE A skiff for sailing and rowing The Annabelle Skiff is a unique skin-on-frame sailing...

Gozzo 400 Plans

Lenght 4.0mDesigner: Paolo Lodigiani and Matteo CostaRound hull, strip-planking constructionBuilding Skills: AverageFour meters seems the minimum size for a "gozzo", the traditional Italian small fishing boat. This dimension allows to maintain all the...

14' Fitzroy Club Racing Dinghy Plans

This is my first ever design resurrected—I designed her as a school kid in 1969 and built her in the garage during 1970. In those days home computers did not exist and so she was built ply over frame.Having remodeled the lines I have redeveloped her...

Skat Plans PDF

Long time readers may recall this design as being in the prototypes section a while back. One was being built and nearly completed when the builder had to put it aside to work on some realities of life, something that happens to all of us from time to...

Zest Plans Download

About Woods Downloadable Plans Zest is a hiking (no trapeze) singlehanded racing dinghy and is based on my 50 years racing experience, which includes winning 2 singlehanded national championships (see my Biography page for more details). This is the...

Mixer2 Plans PDF

Eventually I tweaked Mixer to have a "through the water" bow. It's the same change that Roar went through to become Roar2. I called the new boat Mixer2 and here are some lines of it.The rest of the boat is identical to Mixer although it appears that I...

Avon 12 Motor Sailer Plans

This is a smaller version of the Avon 22 multi role boat for a client who wants a light easily transported boat for use around the coast of Anglesey which is efficient under outboard power but which will also show a clean pair of heels under sail. She...

13' Woodlark Catboat Plans

Very much on the lines of the American Cat Boat, we have been able to retain much of the character of these charming boats by using a round bilge hull shape simply made using strip planks over chipboard moulds. The planks can be of most easily...

Sunray 11' Plans

The Sunray was designed for Brightwater Boats - she is built using the clinker ply method with the ply frames and girders set up together on a strongback. She has a foredeck and aft tank plus side benches. Note - the plans do give computer...

Naut 350 Plans PDF

A friend asked me to draw a contemporary fast sailing dinghy. The hull shape has been tested in a VPP program. 6 sheets of ACX 5 mm, 1/5 plywood. Simple stitch & tape epoxy building, with glass fiber on the hull, chines and all edges...

SEI Printed Plans

For a Study Plan Download, click HERE   For a Full Plan Digital Download, click HERE   I really like double ended boats, they have a grace and beauty that the blunt ended craft don't have, but I wanted one that would meet a particular set of...